factum
Americannoun
plural
factaEtymology
Origin of factum
From Latin, dating back to 1740–50; see origin at fact
Example Sentences
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As the classic saying goes, “Contra factum non valet argument.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2010
Between the Latin factum and the modern English ‘fact’ there was a barrier that had to be crossed: a factum requires an agent, a fact does not.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Et verbum caro factum est, they sing, And lo! the years are as a day to me.
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
Well, I continued, I don’t see why the bird should be called wretch fer that; and factum male means to express misfortune, not fault.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
Debet Sacerdos pronuncians in Canone Missae nomen alicujus Sancti, de quo factum est Officium, vel saltem Commemoratio, facere inclinationem capitis.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various
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